TicketsINDIVIDUAL HONORS & AWARDS
American Athletic Conference Champion – Long Jump (outdoors) – 2021, 2022
American Athletic Conference Champion - Long Jump (indoors) – 2022
American Athletic All-Conference – 60m (indoors) – 2018
NCAA Preliminaries Qualifier – Long Jump (outdoors) 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
American Athletic All-Conference – Long Jump (outdoors) – 2017, 2021, 2022 / 4x100m- 2021,2022
QUICK HITS: Holds the school record in the 60m with a time of 6.72… also ranks #5 outdoors in the 100m at 10.44… stands #5 in the indoor long jump at 7.62m (25-00.00) and in the outdoor long jump at 7.67... 2021 conference champion in the outdoor long jump.
2021-22 SEASONS
2022 OTF: Competed in seven meets during the season… At the American Outdoor Championships, he recorded a personal record of 7.66m in the long jump event to win the event claiming back-to-back conference championships. He was also part of the 4x100 that set the UC record with a time of 39.93 and won silver… One of 16 Bearcats to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, placing 17th overall in the long jump. He won the long jump event at both the Houston Spring Break Invitational and the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational.
2022 ITF: Competed in six meets during the season… He secured championships by winning the long jump at the AAC Indoor Championships with a season-best mark of 7.60m. He also won the long jump event at both the Hoosier Open and the Gladstein Invitational.
2020-21 SEASONS
2021 ITF (SR): At the H-Town Speed Series in January, Edwards leapt a 7.33m to earn the victory in the long jump… Edwards recorded a win at the Al Campbell Invitational in the long jump leaping 7.20m…
2021 OTF (SR): In the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational, Edwards finished third with a jump of 7.05m…Edwards secured a championship title at the AAC Championships in May with a leap of 7.67m. The jump was also a career best for Edwards. The next day would see Edwards secure a third-place finish in the men’s 4x100 meter relay… at the NCAA East Prelims, Edwards jumped 7.49m to place 15th in the competition.
2019-20 SEASONS
2020 OTF (JR*): No season was conducted because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 ITF (JR*): Returned to his first season back after missing all of 2019 due to injury and recorded a seasonal best 7.33m (24’ 0.75”) long jump at the Music City Challenge. Competed in six meets during the season… At the AAC indoor championships, he placed 12th overall in the long jump with a mark of 6.73m.
2018-19 SEASONS
2019 OTF (JR): Injured
2019 ITF (SO*): Injured
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SO): Was unable to compete in the AAC meet due to an injury suffered at the Lyles/Wood Invitational… prior to the meet, ranked highly in the AAC in both the 100m and long jump… ran a best of 10.44 in the 100m at the Tennessee Relays to grab the #3 spot in UC history… ran a PR 21.39 in the 200m at the War Eagle Invitational in his lone time running the event… in the long jump, jumped to 7.62m (25-00.00) at the Nikoloff Open to move up to #6 all-time at UC and break the meet record in the process… did recover enough to compete in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round where he was 30th with a best of 7.32m (24-04.25)… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (FR*): Made a splash in his debut indoor season, placing third in the AAC Championships 60m final and taking sixth in the long jump… in the sprint, raced in seven meets, reaching the final in all seven and setting a PR in nine of the 14 races… opened the year at 6.88 at the Hoosier Open for the #7 all-time mark and tied it at the Notre Dame Invitational… ran 6.87 to open the Indiana Relays before running identical 6.81 times in the next three races for the #2 spot in UC history… tied the record of 6.78 at the Music City Challenge before running 6.73 and 6.72 in the AAC meet… jumped 7.62m (25-00.00) in the Charlie Thomas Invitational long jump to win the meet and move up to #5 all-time at UC… finished sixth in the event at the AAC meet with a best of 7.34m (24-01.00).
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (FR): Named the team’s Best Freshman following his rookie season… earned his first podium finish by placing third in the long jump at the AAC Championships… hit a mark of 7.59m (24-11.00) at the conference meet to earn all-conference accolades and punch his ticket to the NCAA East Preliminary meet… placed in the Top 4 in five of the seven long jump competitions he entered, including taking runner-up honors at the Tiger Track Classic and All-Ohio Championships… ran the 100m dash several times, placing 11th in the AAC Championships with a personal-best time of 10.65… also ran on the 4x100m relay four times during the year.
2017 IN (FR): Redshirted.
PRIOR TO UC: A 2016 graduate of Grand Ledge High School (Grand Ledge, Mich.)… two-time Michigan state long jump champion, capturing the Division I titles in 2014 and 2015 after placing third in 2013… also played for GLHS basketball and football teams… named his team’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior… comes from a family of accomplished kickboxers and has attained a First Degree Black Belt in kickboxing… is a two-time World Kickboxing champion with his most recent title coming at the 2015 WKC Championships in Orlando, Fla. (70kg Boys 16-17 Continuous (light contact)).
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
60m • 6.72 UC Record
Long Jump • 7.62m (25’ 0”) #5 UC (individual)
Outdoor Track & Field
100m • 10.44 #5 UC
200m • 21.39
Long Jump • 7.67m (25’ 0”) #6 UC
All Results as a Bearcat - https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6095823/Cincinnati/Austin_Edwards.html
American Athletic Conference Champion – Long Jump (outdoors) – 2021, 2022
American Athletic Conference Champion - Long Jump (indoors) – 2022
American Athletic All-Conference – 60m (indoors) – 2018
NCAA Preliminaries Qualifier – Long Jump (outdoors) 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
American Athletic All-Conference – Long Jump (outdoors) – 2017, 2021, 2022 / 4x100m- 2021,2022
QUICK HITS: Holds the school record in the 60m with a time of 6.72… also ranks #5 outdoors in the 100m at 10.44… stands #5 in the indoor long jump at 7.62m (25-00.00) and in the outdoor long jump at 7.67... 2021 conference champion in the outdoor long jump.
2021-22 SEASONS
2022 OTF: Competed in seven meets during the season… At the American Outdoor Championships, he recorded a personal record of 7.66m in the long jump event to win the event claiming back-to-back conference championships. He was also part of the 4x100 that set the UC record with a time of 39.93 and won silver… One of 16 Bearcats to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, placing 17th overall in the long jump. He won the long jump event at both the Houston Spring Break Invitational and the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational.
2022 ITF: Competed in six meets during the season… He secured championships by winning the long jump at the AAC Indoor Championships with a season-best mark of 7.60m. He also won the long jump event at both the Hoosier Open and the Gladstein Invitational.
2020-21 SEASONS
2021 ITF (SR): At the H-Town Speed Series in January, Edwards leapt a 7.33m to earn the victory in the long jump… Edwards recorded a win at the Al Campbell Invitational in the long jump leaping 7.20m…
2021 OTF (SR): In the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational, Edwards finished third with a jump of 7.05m…Edwards secured a championship title at the AAC Championships in May with a leap of 7.67m. The jump was also a career best for Edwards. The next day would see Edwards secure a third-place finish in the men’s 4x100 meter relay… at the NCAA East Prelims, Edwards jumped 7.49m to place 15th in the competition.
2019-20 SEASONS
2020 OTF (JR*): No season was conducted because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 ITF (JR*): Returned to his first season back after missing all of 2019 due to injury and recorded a seasonal best 7.33m (24’ 0.75”) long jump at the Music City Challenge. Competed in six meets during the season… At the AAC indoor championships, he placed 12th overall in the long jump with a mark of 6.73m.
2018-19 SEASONS
2019 OTF (JR): Injured
2019 ITF (SO*): Injured
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SO): Was unable to compete in the AAC meet due to an injury suffered at the Lyles/Wood Invitational… prior to the meet, ranked highly in the AAC in both the 100m and long jump… ran a best of 10.44 in the 100m at the Tennessee Relays to grab the #3 spot in UC history… ran a PR 21.39 in the 200m at the War Eagle Invitational in his lone time running the event… in the long jump, jumped to 7.62m (25-00.00) at the Nikoloff Open to move up to #6 all-time at UC and break the meet record in the process… did recover enough to compete in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round where he was 30th with a best of 7.32m (24-04.25)… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (FR*): Made a splash in his debut indoor season, placing third in the AAC Championships 60m final and taking sixth in the long jump… in the sprint, raced in seven meets, reaching the final in all seven and setting a PR in nine of the 14 races… opened the year at 6.88 at the Hoosier Open for the #7 all-time mark and tied it at the Notre Dame Invitational… ran 6.87 to open the Indiana Relays before running identical 6.81 times in the next three races for the #2 spot in UC history… tied the record of 6.78 at the Music City Challenge before running 6.73 and 6.72 in the AAC meet… jumped 7.62m (25-00.00) in the Charlie Thomas Invitational long jump to win the meet and move up to #5 all-time at UC… finished sixth in the event at the AAC meet with a best of 7.34m (24-01.00).
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (FR): Named the team’s Best Freshman following his rookie season… earned his first podium finish by placing third in the long jump at the AAC Championships… hit a mark of 7.59m (24-11.00) at the conference meet to earn all-conference accolades and punch his ticket to the NCAA East Preliminary meet… placed in the Top 4 in five of the seven long jump competitions he entered, including taking runner-up honors at the Tiger Track Classic and All-Ohio Championships… ran the 100m dash several times, placing 11th in the AAC Championships with a personal-best time of 10.65… also ran on the 4x100m relay four times during the year.
2017 IN (FR): Redshirted.
PRIOR TO UC: A 2016 graduate of Grand Ledge High School (Grand Ledge, Mich.)… two-time Michigan state long jump champion, capturing the Division I titles in 2014 and 2015 after placing third in 2013… also played for GLHS basketball and football teams… named his team’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior… comes from a family of accomplished kickboxers and has attained a First Degree Black Belt in kickboxing… is a two-time World Kickboxing champion with his most recent title coming at the 2015 WKC Championships in Orlando, Fla. (70kg Boys 16-17 Continuous (light contact)).
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
60m • 6.72 UC Record
Long Jump • 7.62m (25’ 0”) #5 UC (individual)
Outdoor Track & Field
100m • 10.44 #5 UC
200m • 21.39
Long Jump • 7.67m (25’ 0”) #6 UC
All Results as a Bearcat - https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6095823/Cincinnati/Austin_Edwards.html